Jonathan Dayton


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  • Jonathan was the youngest delegate there.
  • He was very well educated.
  • As soon as he could he went into the army.
  • He became the rank of captain at 19.
  • For a while he was a prisoner of war.
  • At his death he as owned 250,000 acres of ohio land between the big and little miami rivers.
  • The city of dayton was named after him.

"Jonthan dayton." The Founding Fathers: New Jersey. Web. 20 Oct. 2009. <http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_founding_fathers_new_jersey.html>.